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Etymology
OE. græs, from Ger., from the same PIE. root as grow and green.

Pronunciation
enPR|gr�s, IPA|/gr��s/, SAMPA|/grA:s/ italbrac|RP
enPR|gr�s, IPA|/græs/, SAMPA|/gr{s/ italbrac|US
audio|en-gb-grass.ogg|Audio (RP)
audio|en-us-grass.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��s

Noun
Image:Grass-JW.jpg|thumb|right|Grass.
en-noun|es|-

1. context|countable|uncountable Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem, wrap around it for a distance, and leave, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
2. A lawn.
3. context|slang|uncountable marijuana|Marijuana.
4. slang An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.

Scientific names
family Poaceae
family Gramineae italbrac|alternative name

Derived terms
top2
grasshopper
grass widow
grassy
mid2
lemongrass
ryegrass
supergrass

Translations
trans-top|ground cover plant
Albanian: bar m
Arabic: ARchar|حش�ش|ح�ش�ش (ħashísh) m
Bosnian: trava#Bosnian|trava f
Breton: geot c, geotenn f|s
Catalan: herba f
CJKV Characters: �; �
Chinese: � (c�o), �� (qīng c�o)
Croatian: trava f
Czech: tráva f
Dutch: gras n
Esperanto: herbo
Faroese: gras n
Finnish: heinä, ruoho
French: herbe f
Frisian: gers n
German: Gras n
Guarani: ka'a
Hebrew: �ש� (déshe) m
Hungarian: fű
Icelandic: gras n
Indonesian: rumput
Interlingua: herba
Italian: erba f, graminacea f
trans-mid
Japanese: � (��, kusa)
Korean: � (pul)
Kurdish: KUchar|گ�ا g|Kurdish
Lakota: peji
Latvian: z�le f
Lithuanian: žol� f
Norwegian: gress n
Polish: trawa f
Portuguese: erva f, grama f, relva f
Romanian: iarb� f
Russian: ��ава#Russian|��ава (travá) f
Sardinian: erba f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��ава#Serbian|��ава f
:Roman: trava#Serbian|trava f
Slovak: tráva#Slovak|tráva f
Slovene: trava f
Spanish: pasto m, hierba f, grama f
Swedish: gräs n
Tok Pisin: gras
Turkish: ot [-tu]
Tupinambá: ka'a
Volapük: yeb
Welsh: glaswellt m
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trans-top|lawn
Arabic: ARchar|حش�ش|ح�ش�ش m
Breton: geot c geotenn f|s, leton c letonenn f|s, glazenn f
Czech: trávník m
Finnish: nurmi, nurmikko, ruoho
French: pelouse f, gazon m
German: Rasen m
Guarani: ka'a
Interlingua: herba
Italian: prato m
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (���, shibafu)
Lithuanian: žol� f
Polish: trawnik m
Portuguese: erva f, gramado m, relvado m
Russian: газон#Russian|газон m (gazón)
Slovene: trata f
Spanish: hierba f, césped m
Swedish: gräs
Tok Pisin: gras
Tupinambá: ka'a
Welsh: lawnt f
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trans-top|marijuana
Breton: struj m
Czech: tráva f
Dutch: wiet m
Finnish: ruoho, pilvi
French: herbe f
German: Gras n
Interlingua: herba
Italian: erba f
trans-mid
Lakota: peji
Latvian: z�le f
Lithuanian: žol� f
Polish: trawka f
Portuguese: erva f, mato m
Russian: ��авка#Russian|��авка f (trávka)
Slovene: trava f
Spanish: hierba f, mota f
Swedish: gräs
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trans-top|informer
Finnish: vasikka
Interlingua: delator, informante
Italian: spia f, delatore m
trans-mid
Polish: kapu� m
Portuguese: dedo-duro m, alcagüete m
Russian: ���ка�#Russian|���ка� m (stuka�)
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb|grass|es

1. transitive To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).

#*1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, �The Naval Treaty�, Norton 2005, p.709:
#*:He flew at me with his knife, and I had to grass him twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand of him.

1. context|transitive|or|intransitive|slang To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.

Translations
trans-top|to inform on
Finnish: vasikoida
French: moucharder
trans-mid
Interlingua: facer le delation
Portuguese: delatar, dedurar, alcagüetar
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Romansch

Etymology
L.|rm crassus. Compare French graisse.

Noun
infl|rm|noun|gender=m

1. fat

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